The Fires Of Vesuvius by Mary Beard
Pompeii Lost and Found
A brisk, engaging exploration of the eruption of Vesuvius and its aftermath that uses archaeological evidence, ancient texts and the history of excavation to reconstruct everyday life in Pompeii and Herculaneum, the drama of the AD 79 disaster, and the changing ways the sites and their people have been interpreted and displayed over time; it blends vivid descriptions of finds and victims with reflections on preservation, scholarly debate and the modern cultural politics of recovering the past.
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- 2008
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